SEPARATION OF POWERS, INSTITUTIONAL BALANCE AND MULTILEVEL CONSTITUTIONALISM: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT AND THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE INTER-AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14210/nej.v28n3.p423-447

Keywords:

Separation of Powers, Institutional Balance, Multilevel Constitutionalism

Abstract

Contextualization:  This research is based on the hypothesis that the Brazilian Supreme Court might contribute to the development of multilevel constitutionalism in Latin America by promoting functional dialogues with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Objective: The aim of this paper is to study how the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court can contribute to the development of multilevel constitutionalism in Latin America and strengthen the multilevel regional network and system for the protection of human rights.

Method: As a methodology, it carried out empirical research through the qualitative analysis of the data collected from samples and bibliographic survey.

Results: The results achieved with the research were to demonstrate the correctness of the hypothesis and to explain that it was in the old continent that the relations between government functions were shaken and needed to be revisited given the non-adaptations of both the Montesquian model and the American model to the new reality from the European Union. For the reorganization of the relations of the institutional triangle (Parliament, Council, Commission) in the European community, the Court of Justice of the European Union used the principle of institutional balance. In this context, multilevel constitutionalism translates into an approach that introduces the vertical dimension of the principle of institutional balance and the function of protecting citizens, configuring a restriction to multilevel governance.

Author Biographies

Luiz Eduardo Camargo Outeiro Hernandes, Doutorando em Direito Constitucional pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (São Paulo –SP, Brasil).

Doutorando em Direito Constitucional pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (São Paulo –SP, Brasil). Pesquisador do Centro Internacional de Direitos Humanos de São Paulo. Integrante do Grupo de Estudos Avançados em Processo Coletivo da Fundação Arcadas. Procurador da República.

Flávia Piovesan, Professora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (São Paulo –SP, Brasil).

Professora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (São Paulo –SP, Brasil). Doutora pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Mestre Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Membro da Comissão Interamericana de Direitos Humanos da OEA.

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2023-12-20

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HERNANDES, L. E. C. O.; PIOVESAN, F. SEPARATION OF POWERS, INSTITUTIONAL BALANCE AND MULTILEVEL CONSTITUTIONALISM: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT AND THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE INTER-AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM. Journal of Law Studies, Itajaí­ (SC), v. 28, n. 3, p. 423–447, 2023. DOI: 10.14210/nej.v28n3.p423-447. Disponível em: https://periodicos.univali.br/index.php/nej/article/view/17799. Acesso em: 14 may. 2024.

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